Karter Anderson wrote:DarkShadowFox wrote:nix zaroch wrote:I believe that a spawn system similar to Starhawk's would help eliminate spawn campers. In Starhawk you pick any spot that is controlled by allies and you come down in a drop pod that you can guide making it so spawn campers don't know where to look and you can deploy where ever is best for you.
^This,
Like a Drop Pod Style Thing where you drop in and you have a like a little control sequence similar to Bf2142's drop pods where when you launch from them you can control where they are going? :3 and your invinciable for sometime?
I second this.
I would make it take longer though. A 25 - 30 second free-fall (after the spawn timer) and then a retro-burst to slow descent at the end as to not crater yourself into your buddy's tank (although using your clone as a tank busting air drop sounds like fun). I still like the idea of strategic player controlled deployable spawn points and I would not wish to diminish their effectiveness (thus the time spent (wasted) in freefall). Given a choice to spawn randomly or a sub orbital single-man insertion with some control (hell, even equipable skydiving gear) I would choose the latter.
I would pay ISK for drop pods...
especially ones that can be fitted with different gear...
like a player detonated optional payload or self destruct after you exit. OMG, so cool.
I do agree that something like drop pods should be implemented so you can actually spawn in without just spawning with a tank ontop of you, Ive had that happen plenty of times where there would be a enemy tank that would sit at the farthest away spawn and decimate anyone that would be coming out, at this point the clone spawner's were capped and we couldnt really do much, but I do think being deployed from above with the ability to guide your self down like Battlefield 2 with the parachutes, but with drop pods. Definitely need to fix the static spawn points, I MEAN we are in the future! Why cant we have random drop location or play guided drop zones.
In a sense it would keep people on their feet for both sides and allow people to basically have control of where you spawn, while in the drop pod you would be invincible and wouldn't be able to do anything but guide yourself down and it would be an instant deployment gun up and everything that way there isnt some silly animation for it and you loose like half your health getting out, like a certain reload animation >.>;